HR 2445
106th Congress
House
Health
Access to health care
Employee health benefits
Health insurance
Labor and Employment
Mental health services
Standards
Mental Health Parity Enhancement Act of 1999
Introduced: July 1, 1999
See on congress.gov
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 6, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Jul 21, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Jul 1, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jul 1, 1999
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Mental Health Parity Enhancement Act of 1999 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), Public Health Service Act, and the Internal Revenue Code to specify that mental health parity provisions apply to annual and lifetime visit or benefit limits, as well as to dollar limits set by health plans.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Cosponsors
1